Having got the child on his back, the animal
gave a leap into the air, and came down so like
a feather that Europa did not know when his
hoofs touched the ground. He then began a
race to that part of the flowery plain where her
three brothers were, and where they had just
caught their splendid butterfly. Europa screamed
with delight; and Phoenix, Cilix, and Cadmus
stood gaping at the spectacle of their sister
mounted on a white bull, not knowing whether
to be frightened or to wish the same good luck
for themselves. The gentle and innocent crea-
ture (for who could possibly doubt that he was
so?) pranced round among the children as spor-
tively as a kitten. Europa all the while looked
down upon her brothers, nodding and laughing,
but yet with a sort of stateliness in her rosy little
face. As the bull wheeled about to take another
gallop across the meadow, the child waved her
hand, and said, "Good by," playfully pretend-
ing that she was now bound on a distant jour-
ney, and might not see her brothers again for
nobody could tell how long.

"Good by," shouted Cadmus, Phoenix, and
Cilix, all in one breath.

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